かやくご飯はん

Meanings

noun

mixed rice casserole; rice with meat/fish and vegetables

food / cooking

A home-style Japanese dish of rice cooked with various ingredients such as chicken, fish, and vegetables, similar to takikomi gohan. The term is especially common in the Kansai region.

Written forms

かやくご飯はん
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling; ご飯 is the usual way to write 'rice/meal' in this compound.
かやく御ご飯はん
Polite variant using 御飯; less common than ご飯 in everyday writing.
加か薬やくご飯はん
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; 加薬 is not standard for this word and may confuse readers.
加か薬やく御ご飯はん
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form combining 加薬 and 御飯; very uncommon.
加か薬やくごはん
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form with kana ごはん; not a standard spelling.

Kanji

飯meal, boiled rice
御honorable, manipulate, govern
加add, addition, increase
薬medicine, chemical, enamel

Similar words

炊たき込こみご飯はん
Takikomi gohan is the standard term for seasoned rice cooked with ingredients; かやくご飯 is a regional synonym, more common in Kansai.

Etymology

From 加薬 (kayaku, 'added ingredients', originally a term for medicinal additives) + ご飯 (gohan, 'rice'). The word 加薬 itself is rarely used in modern Japanese outside this compound.